Viking: Battle for Asgard Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Published: Jan 24, 2008

Viking: Battle for Asgard Basics

The Map Screen displays the locations of important areas. Red icons indicate that there are still tasks remaining to be done there (including optional tasks, such as acquiring all the special attacks currently available at the local arena). Blue icons indicate that those spots are completely cleared.

The green dots on the radar mark the locations of important allies with whom Skarin can speak. The red dots mark the locations of bosses.

The leystones serve as warp points and, by extension, checkpoints. Spending time to activate them can be very helpful before charging into hostile territory, in case Skarin comes across any funny accidents.

Imprisoned vikings are stuck in prisoner cages (the evil bone-like structures) and in prisoner trios (the stakes topped with large skulls). Whenever possible, free prisoners and let them help kill off nearby enemies. Hel's henchmen are pretty generous for letting the imprisoned vikings hold onto their weapons.

Whenever Skarin activates his elemental magic, any nearby allies will also gain the same enhancement. This can really help during the mass attacks.

Enemy shields can be eventually broken by any attack, but certain special moves will destroy them more quickly.

The bosses come in three types: champions (big sword guys), shamans (freaky hooded creatures), and giants (steroid ogres). For the champions and the giants, hit them until a button icon appears near their bodies, and then go through the displayed button sequences to finish them. For the shamans, destroy the small pillars near them first to eliminate their protective barriers, and then kill them with any attack.

If Skarin nears unalerted bad guys, he will assume a crouching stance, and if he is facing alerted foes, he will automatically draw out his weapons. If Skarin is detected by enemies from a distance, he can stay behind cover to trick those bad guys into returning to their unalerted state. This is an important trick during the more challenging stealth scenes.

Skarin recovers life as long as there are no enemies nearby. Gotta love that barbarian vitality.

Life is cheap; gold isn't. Try to save up money for permanent upgrades, such as the Health Advances, the elemental runes, and the special attacks. Also try to purchase the treasure maps as soon as possible, because they can save tons of time spent wandering around looking for gold.

Skarin doesn't know how to swim. Still, diving into the sea or jumping off from a very high ledge can be a faster way back to the portals and leystones. The valkyries wouldn't care anyway.